Combine for garbonza and like crops



Jane M 146.

R. L. ANDERSON COMBINE FOR GARBONZA AND- LIKE CROPS,

Filed Nov. 16, 1942 5 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Ralph L. Anderson June 11, 1946.

R. L. ANDERSON COMBINE FOR GARBONZA AND LIKE CROPS Filed Nov. 16, 1942 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 mm mm INVENTOR Ralph L. Anderson ORNEYS June 11, 1946. R. L. ANDERSON 0 COMBINE FOR GARBONZA AND LIKE CROPS I s Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed NOV. 16, 1942 INVENTOR Ralph L. Anderson RNEYS Patented June 11, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE' COMBINE FOR GARBONZA AND LIKE onors Ralph L. Anderson, Moline, Ill., assignor to Deere.

& Company, Moline, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application November 16, 1942, Serial No. 465,778

taining seeds which resemble beans.

able to save for such purposes.

not reclaimable.

into a suitable receiver for the same.

combine.

drawings appended hereto, in which ciples of my invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the combine, a part being broken away to show the details of the dumping control mechanism;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the lower portion of the receptacle and dump.-

is a crop which is usually planted in rows and grows in the form of a low vine having pods coning mechanism, showing thereceptacle in dump- The plants ing position; and Y are usually severed just below the ground sur- Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional elevation face by means of sharpened spades and the vine taken through the combine. is then turned over to permit the pods, which Referring now to the drawingathe Combin grow on the vines beneath the leaves, to dry in is generally of thetype disclosed in my above the sun. After the crop is dried, it is threshed identified co-pending application, and comprises and the beans are separated and placed in sacks, a longitudinally extending thresher body 5 while the pods, being valuable as feed, are desirmounted on a mobile frame including .a transverse axle beam member 6, the latter being sup- The conventional combine, such as for example ported at opposite ends thereof on a pair of is shown in a co-pending application, Serial No. ground wheels I, and further including a for- 348,128, filed July 29, 1940, by Anderson, Arnold wardly extending draft frame comprising a pair and Paradise, is not entirely suitable for harvestof forwardly converging beams 8 adapted to, be ing crops of this type, for the reason that it is supported at their forward ends on the drawbar impossible, with such conventional machine, to of a tractor or other draft device. save the pods for feed. In the conventional com- A harvester platform Ill is pivotally mounted bine, the grain or beans are separated from the on the-forward end of the thresher body ion a pods by the separator shoe, while the pods are transverse axis and extends forwardly therefrom discharged over the end of the finger grate upon 2 in a normally downwardly inclined position. ,The the ground and are scattered so that they are platform Ill includes a structural framework. H

and a pair of vertical side walls I2,. and sup- The principal object of this invention, therepo across it forward a p c p device fore, relates to the provision of an attachment I3, preferably of the type-comprising a cylinder for a combine, which will provide for not only 39 I4- having generally radially extending fingers separating the beans from the pods, but will also "5; wh ch en a t Cr p 0 the nd and provide for separating the unthreshed pods, conare retracted into the cylinder as the latter roveying theilatter back to the cylinder for retates upwardly and rearwardly to. deposit the threshing, and cleaning the threshed pods and crops on the platform. The pick-up device can accumulating the latter so that they may be be of any conventional design and is no part. of saved for feed. A further object of this inventhe present invention, and therefore further detion has to do with the provision of a receptacle scription is considered unnecessary. The platfor collecting the threshed pods, the receptacle form It is also provided with an endless type being provided with means for dumping an acconveyor comprising a flexible endless belt I6 cumulation of pods in a pile on the ground or trained over a lower roller ll and an upper roller Still an- I8, the latter being rotatably supported on the other object relates to the provision of control axis of vertical swinging movement of the platmeans for controlling the dumping of the reform in the usual manner. A short upper feeder ceptacle by means of a lever located within conconveyor I9 is provided above the upper end of venient reach of the operator of the sacking 15 the platform conveyor I6 and assists in feeding mechanism upon the sacking platform of the the plantsinto the threshing cylinder 29. The threshing cylinder 20 is mounted on a transverse These and other objects and advantages of shaft 21 which is journaled in opposite side walls my in ention will be apparent to those skilled of the thresher body 5 and cooperates with a in the art after a consideration of the following more less conventional concave upporte description, in which reference is bad t the in the body beneath the threshing cylinder-20. The action of the cylinder 20 removes the pods Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a comfrom the vines and also cracks open the pods, bine equipped with a device embodying the printhereby releasing the beans, which drop through the concave upon a shoe 25, which is provided trough I.

with a pan 26 extending forwardly beneath the concave 22. The vines are stripped from the cylinder 20 by means of a beater 21, which is disposed transversely immediately behind the cylinder 28 and is rotatable in the direction indicated by the arrow.

The vines are tossed by the beater 21 upon a rearwardly extending straw rack 28, which is supported on a pair of front and rear transverse shafts 29, which reciprocate within inclined slots 30 in the side walls of the thresher body 5. The mechanism for reciprocating the straw rack is not shown in detail, for any conventional mechanism can be used for this purpose, which is to shake the vines and at the same time propel them rearwardly and discharge them off the rear end of the straw rack, allowing them to drop through a downwardly turned hood portion 3| on the rear of the body 5.

Due to the shaking action of the straw rack 28,

any pods or beans that are mixed with the vines are shaken downwardl through the rack and are caught upon an imperforate horizontal pan 35, which is coextensive with thestraw rack and is provided with a flexible endless conveyor 36 provided with transverse slats 31 attached at opposite ends thereof to a pair of conveyor chains The chains 38 are trained over a pair of sprockets 39, 40 at opposite ends of the pan 35 and the forward sprocket 40 is provided with driving means (not shown) for propelling'the upper flight of the conveyor in a forward direction as indicated by the arrow, to cause the slats 3'! to sweep the pods and beans forwardly over the forward edge of the pan 35 and deposit them upon the shoe 25 adjacent the forward end thereof. The shoe includes the usual sieves or screens 42 and 43 of any suitable conventional construction,

through which the beans drop into a grain trough 44 beneath the shoe. (A fore and aft reciprocating movement of the shoe is imparted by a mechanism not shown but which is more fully described in the co-pending application mentioned above. By this reciprocating movement of the shoe, the pods are tossed rearwardly along the sieves, while the dirt and light chafi is separated from the pods and beans by means of an air blast created by a fan 45 having an exhaust duct 46 inclined upwardly and rearwardly at the forward end of the sieves, the amount of air being controlled to a certain extent by means of a damper 4'! in the exhaust duct.

pods are shaken to the bottom of the pile of pods on the upper sieve 42 and on the finger grate 59 and drop through the latter into the tailings The threshed pods are so light in weight that the strength of the air blast from the fan 45 tends to prevent them from falling through the sieve 42 and through the finger grate 58 so that they pass over the rear ends of the fingers 50 intoa third trough 52 disposed behind the tailings trough 5| Some of the unthreshed pods will drop through the upper sieve 42 uponthe lower 'sieve 43, which is finer than the uppenand thus dropping into the tailingstrough 5|.

4 those unthreshed pods are propelled rearwardly along the lower sieve 43 and are also discharged into the tailings trough 5|. 'Ihe'rear trough 52 has a high rear wall 53, over which the air blast passes through the rear end of the conveyor 36 and carries the dirt and light chafi over the rear Wall 53 and is directed by thev hood 3| to the ground behind the machine. I

The grain trough 44 is provided with a transverse auger 60 rotatabl disposed in the bottom of the trough 44 for moving the beans laterally and through a conduit 6| into a lower boot 62 of an elevator 63. Beans are raised by the elevator 63 and are discharged into a conduit 54 provided with a pair of sacking spouts 65, each of which has a sack holder 55 associated therewith, for supporting the open sacks beneath the spouts 65, in a manner well-known to those skilled in the art.

A platform 61 i provided for the operator who attends to filling the sacks, and also a seat 68. A usual sack chute 69 is supported at the side of the platform 61, for conveying the filled sacks to the ground. I

- The unthreshed pods which drop between the fingers of the grate 5i) and which are discharged from the end of the lower sieve 43, are received by the tailings trough 5|, and are conveyed therefrom by means of anzauger 15 which is rotatably disposed in the bottom of the trough 5|. The auger l5 conveys the unthreshed pods laterally through a conduit 16 into the boot '1'! of the tailings elevator 18, which raises the tailings and discharges them into an upper transversely disposed auger conveyor 19, which discharges the tailings through an opening above the thre'sh ing cylinder 20, thus causing the unthreshed pods to be subjected to another threshing operation.

' The pieces of threshed garbonza pods are light in weight and are carried over the sieves and'finger grate 5|] and are discharged over the rear end of the fingers. into the rear trough 52. The air blast aids in preventing the threshed pods from Thepods are conveyed laterally through'the trough 52 by means of an auger 82, which extends through a transverse conduit 83 into an elevator *boot 84 at the lower end of a vertical elevator 85. The lat ter. raises the pods and discharges them into a chute 86, which directs the pods into a receptacle in the form of a bin 81, which is mounted on the combine directly behind the sacking operator's platform 61. I

The entire bottom of the bin 81 has an opening 88-which is closed by a bottom panel or door 89, the latter being pivotally mounted on a pair of hinges 90 at its forward edge, providing for downward swinging movement about the axis of the hinges into a downwardly and rearwardly inclined position as shown in Figure 3. As men'- tioned above, it is desirable to allow the pods to accumulate and to dump accumulations of pods in piles on the ground during operation. By

swinging the entire bottom of the bin down- '96, which is joumaledin a pipe 91 welded on the forward edge of the bin 81. An arm; 98 is fixed to the lever 95 and extends'upwardly and rearwardly from the pivot 90 and is connected by a vertical link 99 withan arm I mounted rigidly on a rockshaft I 0 I, which is disposed transversely beneath the bin and is journaled in the lower portions of the side walls of the bin. The rockshaft I M is connected to the bottom panel or door 09 by means of a pair of toggle links I02, I03, The link I02 is rigidly fixed; to the rockshaft IOI and is connected to the link I03 by a pivot I04. The other end of the upper link I03 is swingably mounted on a bracket I 05; which is fixed-at the center of an X frame I06 on the bot,- tom of the door 89. A rod I01 has its upper end turned at rlght'angles to form a pivot pin I08 for the link- I08, and the rod I01 extends downwardly and forwardly through an aperture in a vertical bracket IIO, which is rigidly mounted on the bottom of the platform 81. A compression spring III is coiled about the rod I01 and bears against the bracket IIO, This spring acts as a buffer when the door swings downwardly to absorb the shock and prevent damage to the door and other parts.

When the lever 95 is in its lowest position, the pivot bolt I 04 is in a position slightly above a straight line interconnecting the rockshaft I0I with the pivot I08. Further upward movement of the'bolt I04 is prevented by a stop lug II5 fixed to the lower link I02 and extending under the lower portion of the link I03 to support the latter, thus providing an over-center toggle lock for holding the door 89 in closed position. The door is readily and quickly opened by swinging the lever 95 upwardly, thereby acting through the link 99 to swing the arm I00 on the rockshaft IIII downwardly in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Figure 2. This swings the ivot bolt I04 downwardly, breaking the toggle, and swinging the door 89 downwardly about its hinge connections 90. As the door swings downwardly the rod I01 slides through the bracket IIO until the upper end of the rod encounters the spring III, which cushions the opening of the door. After the pods have dropped to the ground, the door is reclosed by swinging the lever 95 downwardly to its original position.

I claim:

1. In a combine for harvesting garbonza and the like having a threshing cylinder, the combination of a straw rack adapted to separate grain and pods from straw and discharge the latter to the ground, a separator shoe, a finger grate mounted on the discharge end of said shoe,

a tailings trough disposed under said grate,-

means for conveying tailings from said trough to said cylinder for rethreshing, a trough disposed at the end of said grate to receive pods and the like therefrom, a, receptacle for collecting said pods, a bottom door hingedly supported thereon to swing to a downwardly and rearwardly inclined position to discharge an accumulation of pods or the like during operation, and means for conveying said pods from said trough to said receptacle.

2. In a combine for harvesting garbonza and the like having a threshing cylinder, the combination of a straw rack adapted to separate grain and pods from straw and discharge the latter to the ground, a separator shoe, 3, finger grate mounted on the discharge end of said shoe, a tailings trough disposed under said grate, means for conveying tailings from said trough to said cylinder for rethreshing, a trough disposed at the end of said grate to receive pods and the like therefrom, a receptacle for collecting said pods,

a bottom door hingedly supported thereon to swing to a downwardly and rearwardly inclined position to dischargean accumulation of pods or the like during operation, means for locking said bin door in closed position, a lever mounted on said combine and connected with said locking means for opening and closing said door, and means for conveying said pods-from said trough tosaid receptacle;

3. In a combine for harvesting garbon za and the like having a threshing cylinder, the-com bination of a straw rack adapted to separate grain and pods from straw and discharge the latterto the ground, a separator'shoe',,a -nnger grate mounted on the discharge end of said shoe, a tailings trough disposed under said grate, means for-conveying tailings from said troughto said cylinder for rethreshing, a trough disposed at the end of said grate to receive pods and the like therefrom, a receptacle for collecting said -member connected to said rockshaft and extending to a remote position, for opening and-closing said door, and means for conveying saidpods from said trough to said receptacle.-

"41 In a combine for harvesting garbonza' and the like, having a threshing cylinder, the combination of a straw rack adapted to separate grain and pods from straw and discharge the latter to the ground, a separator shoe, a, grain trough under said shoe, a sacking platform on said combine, means for conveying grain from said trough to said sacking platform, a, finger grate mounted on the end of said shoe, a tailings trough disposed under said grate, means for conveying crop material that falls through said finger grate into said tailings trough from the latter to said threshing cylinder, a third trough disposed under the end of said finger grate to receive pods and the like therefrom, a receiving bin on said combine, means for conveying pods and the like from said third trough to said bin, the latter having a discharge door in the lower portion thereof, a lever mounted adjacent said sacking platform convenient to an operator thereon, and means connecting said lever with said door providing for controlling the latter from the sacking platform to permit accumulatedpods to be deposited in piles on the ground.

5. In a combine for harvesting garbonza and the like, having a threshing cylinder, separating apparatus comprising, in combination, a straw rack for separating straw from threshed pods, unthreshed pods, and grain, and adapted to separately discharge said straw, a separating shoe disposed to receive threshed pods, unthreshed pods and grain from said straw rack, said shoe comprising an upper sieve adapted to retain pods cause said unthreshedpods to gravitate to the bottom of'the pile. on said-upper-sieve and pass through said finger grate and tourge pods toward the discharge ends of both screens, means for directing an air blast upwardly against said finger grate to restrain the light threshed pods from passing. through the latter with the heavier unthreshed pods, a trough disposed at the discharge end of said lower sieve and beneath said finger tively, said means for collecting-threshedpods havin a wall servingas a shield between the end :Of-Said finger grate and the end of said straw rack and serving to exclude the straw from the collectedthreshed pods. Y

. Y 6. In a combine for harvesting garbonza and the like, having a threshing cylinder, separating apparatus comprising, in combination, a straw rack for separating straw from threshed pods,

unthreshed pods, and grain, and adapted to separately discharge said straw, sieve means disposed beneath said straw rack for receiving said threshed pods, unthreshed pods and grain there- "from, said sieve means being adapted toretain threshed and unthreshed pods and pass grain therethrough, a trough beneath said sieve for collecting said grain, a finger grate mounted on the discharge end of said sieve for receiving pods g therefrom andadapted to pass unthreshed pods '8 therethrough,v said grate being reciprocati-veior causing said'unthreshed pods to gravitate to the bottom of the pile and pass throughsaid-grate, means for restraining the threshed podsirom passing through said grate with said unthreshed pods, a trough beneath said grate to collect the unthreshed pods, means for conveying the latter to said threshing cylinder, =a= trough at the discharge end of said finger grate for separately collecting the threshed pods discharged therefrom and adapted to exclude straw discharged from said straw rack, a receiving bin mounted on said combine, and means for conveying said threshed pods from said trough to said bin, the latter being providedwith adoor movable'to an open position to discharge said threshed pods..

'7. In a combine for harvesting garbonza and the like, having a threshing cylinder, the combination of a straw rack adapted to separate grain and pods from straw and discharge'the latter to the ground, a separator shoe, avfinger grate mounted on the discharge end of said shoe, a tailings trough disposed under said grate, means for conveying tailings from saidtrough to said cylinder for rethreshing,. a troughdisposedgat the end of, said grate to receivepods and the like therefrom, a receptacle ;for collecting said pods, a bottom door hingedly supported thereon to swing to .an open position to discharge an accumulation of pods or the like during operation, and means for conveying said pods fromtsaid trough to said receptacle. V

RALPH L. ANDERSON. 

